climvis-focus-group-discussion-results-ea737c4514d11f94.pdf

This report details user feedback and recommendations gathered from focus group discussions (FGD) in Estonia, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine to inform the development of ClimVis Europe, a planned pan-European climate visualisation tool. The document evaluates three existing tools—the Global Climate Monitor, the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, and the Copernicus Climate Information Portal—and outlines specific user preferences regarding language, accessibility, data resolution, and the communication of climate uncertainty.

• Users evaluated three existing climate visualisation tools with varying results: the Global Climate Monitor was praised for accessibility and structure but criticized for outdated data (post-2014) and low spatial resolution; the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal was valued for its sectoral summaries and projection indices but lacked current data and individual year data; the Copernicus Climate Information Portal was seen as the most complex and least intuitive, requiring expert knowledge to navigate its models and functions.
• There is a strong preference for national languages over English, which is primarily accepted in academic settings. Users suggested a tiered approach where top-level access is provided in national languages, while in-depth scientific or meta-information remains in English.
• Users expressed a high demand for the ability to compare real-time weather data (from the previous day or forecasts up to 7-10 days) with long-term historical and future climate contexts, particularly to assess extreme weather events.
• Regarding spatio-temporal resolution, users prefer selecting specific weather stations over grid data for better intuitiveness. A spatial resolution of 0.1° (11 km) and daily data resolution were deemed sufficient for most European-level users.
• The report emphasizes the necessity of clear metadata and the communication of uncertainty to ensure the tool's credibility. Users suggested using innovative visual methods, such as climate signal maps or layer principles, to present uncertainty to non-experts.
• User recommendations for tool design include a 'layer structure' to gradually increase complexity, the use of short tutorial videos (2-3 minutes), and a start page featuring a Pan-European map that allows zooming into regional and local information.

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